G/TBT/N/UGA/1851  
24 October 2023  
(23-7135) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and B usiness Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https: //www.unbs.go.ug  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Sign-
plates, name -plates, address -plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other 
symbols, of base metal, excluding those of heading 94.05. (HS code(s): 8310); Lighting, 
signalling and warning devices (ICS cod e(s): 43.040.20); motor vehicles registration 
plates  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 775 -
1:2023, Retro -reflective registration plates for motor vehicles — Specification — Part 1: 
Blanks (metal), Second edition; (22 page(s), in English)  G/TBT/N/UGA/1851  
 
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  6. Description of content:  This part of Draft Uganda Standard DUS 775 -1 specifies 
requirements for the type of blank intended for use in the production of the embossed 
registration plates that are covered by US 775 -2. Except under the certification mark 
scheme, a special agreement between the manufacturer and the purchaser is required 
for assessment of compliance with the requirements of DUS 775 -1 of those blanks on 
which the retro -reflective material is applied during the pro cess of embossing the 
registration number paragraph.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Consumer information, labelling; Prevention 
of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM G 154, Standard practice for operating fluorescent light apparatus for UV 
exposure of non -metallic materials  
2. DUS ISO 7591 Road vehicles — Retro -reflective registration plates for motor 
vehicles and trailers — Specification  
3. DUS 775 -2, Retro -reflective registration plates for motor vehicles — Specification 
— Part 2: Metallic registration number plates  
4. G/TBT/N/UGA/34  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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